Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry From Prose

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson teaches students to create an original poem based on select words and phrases from a prose piece. Also encourages students to model poetic forms after found poems.
Activity
TES Global

Tes: Writing: A Poetry Resource by Dorothea Smart

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students can use this activity to help them generate ideas for poetry. An example poem is provided.
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Education.com

Education.com: Rl.4.5 Worksheets: Explain Major Differences Between Poems, Drama

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 8 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard RL.4.5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to...
Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Joseph Addison

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto gives the full text of several of Joseph Addison's poems. A link to Addison's Latin poetry and prose is available on the site.
Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

U of Toronto: Poetry and Prose of Thomas Love Peacock

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Toronto provides links to poems by Thomas Love Peacock. It also contains biographical information on Peacock.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Epic of Kings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A modern prose English translation of the 11th century Persian poem, "The Epic of Kings," or "Shahnameh," by Ferdowsi. This translation is by Helen Zimmern. This translation is divided into 18 sections.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Artist

For Students 9th - 10th
Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Artist." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the House of Judgment

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The House of Judgment." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Finding Poetry in Prose Reading and Writing Love Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons about love poetry that ask students to review the genre before writing their own. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Prose. Toad Rage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features related activities connected to Morris Geitzman's book, Toad Rage. Students will read a fable, nonfiction reading, prose reading, and connected writing activities.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Poetry to Teach Reading & Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Lesson plan makes use of weekly poems for students to read, discuss, and study. Students compile a poetry portfolio to use for further learning in reading and writing, as well as engaging in interactive activities such as creative poetry...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: End of April

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A poem about a baby bird, emerging from its shell, is shared within the five, three-line stanzas.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road?

For Students 9th - 10th
This three-stanza non-prose piece shares a father's point of view about his son, but the father sometimes forgets that his son is now grown.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Gratitude to Old Teachers

For Students 9th - 10th
In this two-stanza non-prose piece, the poet expresses gratitude for old teachers.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Tuesday 9:00 Am

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece shares the topic of disaster invading ordinary occurrences in city life.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Her Head

For Students 9th - 10th
In this non-prose, five-stanza piece, the poet describes her amazement of a woman who is carrying water on her head in Natal, South Africa.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: 96 Vandam

For Students 9th - 10th
In this non-prose piece, the author shares sensory-filled images about a street in New York City where many homeless reside.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Schoolboys With Dog, Winter

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece expresses the happiness of a boy and his dog during the winter.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: How to Listen

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this non-prose piece, the poet shares how to listen carefully to others.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Reckless Poem

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece shares the perspective of the author who thinks that she loses her real "self" occasionally.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: After Years

For Students 9th - 10th
This one-stanza non-prose piece is a love poem.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Birthday

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece shares the poet life as he reminisces about his boyhood.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Because You Left Me a Handful of Daffodils

For Students 9th - 10th
In the non-prose piece, the poet reminisces about being elected in fifth grade.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: June 11

For Students 9th - 10th
In this non-prose piece, the poet shares his experience with a birthday passing without much celebration.

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